Everyone who was witnessing the action that was about to happen between Saki and SNT chatted among themselves. The hybrid couldn't understand what they were saying, but she knew that whatever she was about to say, nobody was going to take seriously.
Saki: "Alright Ni-chan? Are you ready for your mind to be blown away by the power of facts and Logic. Because I am already blown by what I found."
SNT: "Well, I'm waiting sis, lets see what you got."
Saki's Argument: Proof the Tickle Monster Exist
I can prove that what Pumpkin saw last night was not Rosechu but was the infamous Tickle Monster!
Over there in front of the tree where the fruit was taken off, I found what seems to be a feather.
I don't know if this belongs to some bird or not, but it has the shape of the greatest weapon of the monster.
That is not the only thing I found.
With the leaf was this piece of fur next to it. I can't tell exactly what color it is because there are signs of it being burned. It looks to be purple.
This proves that the tickle monster can only be one person. The Tickle Monster is Barney the Dinosaur!
SNT: *Eyes widen* "what... What kinda testimony was that?"
Saki: *Winks* "I can tell you what kinda testimony that was... a good one."
Elise: "I'm sorry Miss. Saki, I don't think we will be able to take that kind of evidence. Your testimony is... Um... how can I put this?"
Saki: "What... great, awesome, outstanding, amazing? And all I had to do was press A."
Everybody gave Saki a strange look. SNT and Rookie look at each other.
Elise: The point I am trying to make is that your testimony feels that it is out of nowhere and doesn't fit with the context of the case."
Saki: "Listen, Ashlyn and I worked so hard to get the evidence we gathered and you can't just throw it away. Remember, we live in a world in which evidence isn't checked before it is presented. And I will tell you that none of the evidence we found is worthless. Just look, the burnt rice krispies are fresh my lovelies, You can kinda smell a little bit of smoke in the air. It's still fresh!"
SNT: You know what, now that she does mention it. It does kinda smell burnt in this area. I wonder why?
Elise: "I still can't bring myself to accept that testimony. What do you think about it guys?" Elise looked at SNT and Rookie hoping for some sort of signal.
Rookie: "I say that we should prove to Saki what is wrong with this testimony and accept her evidence."
SNT: "Do you really think so?"
Rookie: "Yeah, even if we use it or not, it doesn't really matter."
Elise: "If that's what you two say then I guess we can accept the evidence."
Burnt Leaf: A leaf was found on the ground and it appears the burn is still fresh.
Burnt Leaf was added to Evidence
Purple Fur: It is unknown where this piece of fur came from. But it also appears to be burnt as well as the leaf.
Purple Fur was added to Evidence
Saki: "That fur must have come from Barney the Dinosaur. I knew that terrible excuse for a furry would be the tickle monster."
Rookie: "Um... Saki, Dinosaurs can't grow fur."
Saki: "You don't know that. That is what they want you to think!"
SNT: "Alright Saki, lets get started. Let's start ripping apart your testimony."
Saki: "Ni-chan you can rip me apart any day of the week. I don't mind!"
Rebuttal
I can prove that what Pumpkin saw last night was not Rosechu but was the infamous Tickle Monster!
Over there in front of the tree where the fruit was taken off, I found what seems to be a leaf.
I don't know if this belongs to some bird or not, but it has the shape of the greatest weapon of the monster.
That is not the only thing I found.
With the leaf was this piece of fur next to it. I can't tell exactly what color it is because there are signs of it being burned. It looks to be purple.
SNT: "HOLD IT!" All attention went to her as SNT explained what she was about to say. "Saki, why do you think that the purple fur here."
Saki: "Obviously because Barney wanted to leave his signature all over the crime scene."
Rookie: "Who the heck is this Barney?"
Saki: "My childhood! A Purple dinosaur who is loveable and comes from my imagination!"
SNT: "Saki... dinosaurs can't grow fur."
Saki: "You don't know that... Scientists have been guessing what Dinosaurs look like and they say that they are very closely related to birds!"
Rookie: "Birds have feathers, not fur!"
Saki: "You don't know that!"
SNT: "Where did this fur even come from?" The hybrid took a deeper look at it and noticed the burn marks that were on it. She decided to compare the fur to herself and put her hand in her hair. The hybrid cringed when she pulled a string of her quills out to compare. When she looked at both, she made a realization. These hairs... they're the same consistency.
Purple Fur: It is unknown where this piece of fur came from. It seems to have the same consistency as hedgehog hair.
Purple Fur was updated in Evidence
Elise: "I don't see how this fur has anything to do with this case. The fact is that Rosechu is the only one who could have done it it seems."
Rosechu: "What... but... but... I did nothing wrong... I've never been here before!"
Elise: "I see that the case is pretty open and shut. Miss Pumpkin clearly testified that she saw Miss Rosechu in her garden last night. I don't see any more evidence and prove otherwise. It seems that there is nothing else to investigate."
SNT: "Wait... Princess, there is something we still need to look at and is still a mystery and could change how we completely look at this case."
Elise: "Really... I think this case is still open and shut, there is no doubt that it is Rosechu."
SNT: "I believe we need to investigate this piece of evidence. I believe once we know the truth of this item, it will lead us to the truth of this case."
Elise looked at SNT who looked confident in what she was arguing: "Alright, very well then, Show me the evidence that says that there is more to this case that meets the eye!"
SNT: "TAKE THAT!" The hybrid pointed toward the tree in the Garden. "As you can see, it is a mystery on how that tree caught on fire. And I believe that it has something to do with that case."
Pumpkin started to sweat a little bit after the hybrid announced that. She looked away for a second and she seemed in deep thought.
SNT: Weird, why does Pumpkin look suspicious.
The fox shook her head in response and confronted SNT: "The tree has nothing to do with this case. It's irrelevant!"
SNT: "What do you mean?"
Pumpkin then stated the following: "That tree was infected. So to prevent the virus from spreading across my garden, I set the tree on fire. That happened a few days ago and not last night."
Elise: "I guess that would make sense."
SNT: "I doubt that Pumpkin... I have evidence that says otherwise."
Pumpkin: "Oh year, show me that you have proof that the tree was burned last night!"
SNT: "TAKE THAT!" The hybrid presented the Bitten Fruit. "If you look around the garden, you will see that this fruit matches no other tree in the garden. Judging by that, this fruit can only exist on one tree and the burnt one is the only one it could come from."
Pumpkin disputed that. "OBJECTION! That fruit could have been there for days!"
SNT: "OBJECTION! Sorry, that's not going to cut it. If the fruit was really dropped on the ground a few days ago, and the tree was infected like you said, either way, the fruit would have been rotten. It's even bitten into, if it was bitten a few days ago, it would be even more rotten than it already is but it is still somewhat fresh which proves that the fruit could only have been put there last night. You already admitted that Rosechu was eating it. I don't know why you are disputing it."
Pumpkin gridded her teeth: "GRRR!"
Rookie whispered to SNT. "Why would Pumpkin contradict herself like that?"
SNT looked at the red fox closely to get a better idea of how she was feeling. "I don't know... but I feel that she might know something that she doesn't want to admit. She might be hiding something."
Elise: "Miss Pumpkin... it seems that Miss SNT was able to prove that there is more than meets the eye in this investigation. Something that is bothering me a little is about the Tree. I would like to hear more about it."
SNT: "Pumpkin, I request that you talk about the crime in more detail. Perhaps you can talk about how the tree caught on fire."
Pumpkin looked at everyone in the garden in a panic. She took a deep breath as she tried to come up with words to say. She took a second and then came up with her case. "Very well, I'll tell you about the tree."
Rosechu who was watching all of this play out was thinking to herself. It's so nice of SNT to stick up for me like this. Even the red wolf... I can't remember his name at all but is trying to vouch for me. It's nice to have friends like them I guess.
She could still feel that spark that was within her chest that was getting stronger every minute that passed. It wasn't noticeable during the morning time but as time went on, the pain was only going up. She didn't mind it at first because she thought it would go away eventually but she worried that it would be harder to withstand as time passed. Rosechu tried to think to herself. What can I do to get rid of this... thing! ... Damn it... I can't think of anything... It's no use! Its only a matter of time before I turn back into what Sonichu wants me to be. That very person is a loyal bitch. But How am I supposed to tell everyone that there is another personality fighting to kill them... WHO IS GOING TO BELIEVE THAT?
Rosechu sighed to herself. You know what... now as I think about it... it's probably better for me just to stay locked up. It's not like I did anything wrong... it's more of a way to protect my friends from... me. Maybe... maybe I should just admit I did it...
SNT: "Alright Pumpkin, did you prepare the faux story for us to listen to?"
Pumpkin: "Well yeah, of course I did..." Everyone was silent for a second as SNT snicked looking like she just won a contest. That was when Pumpkin realized what she just admitted to. "WAIT WAIT WAIT! No no no! I mean, I have prepared to revise my testimony. And what I am about to say is the absolute truth."
Rookie: "You're kinda in trouble for not saying anything about the tree earlier."
Pumpkin: "Yeah, I understand... but if I can just explain, everything will clear up."
Elise: "Alright Pumpkin, please tell us about the truth of the crime please!"
Pumpkin's Testimony: Truth About the Crime
I walk into the garden with my basket ready to collect the fruits for tomorrow.
When I opened the fence, I saw Rosechu eating off my tree.
I quickly called out to her. When she heard my voice she was surprised to see me.
When she was surprised, an electric spark came off of her and it hit the tree. It caused it to catch on fire.
When I tried to chase after her, she dropped the fruit she was eating on the ground and ran toward the edge of the garden.
She jumped the fence and followed her own footprints to keep herself from leaving a trail. Then ran into the mountains without any problems.
SNT: "Are you still going on about the footprints?"
Pumpkin: "It's a possibility... you can't prove that she didn't follow her own footsteps."
SNT: I don't think I can attack her testimony with the Footprints again. So it looks like I need to take this to a new level. I can tell that she is hiding something from me. I just need to get her to admit it.
Elise: "Why didn't you talk about the tree in your previous testimony?"
Pumpkin: "Well... um... I didn't think it was important?"
SNT: Really, something that the culprit set on fire wasn't important. Oh please, I've heard better excuses from Sonichu!
Rebuttal
I walk into the garden with my basket ready to collect the fruits for tomorrow.
When I opened the fence, I saw Rosechu eating off my tree.
I quickly called out to her. When she heard my voice she was surprised to see me.
When she was surprised, an electric spark came off of her and it hit the tree. It caused it to catch on fire.
When I tried to chase after her, she dropped the fruit she was eating on the ground and ran toward the edge of the garden.
She jumped the fence and followed her own footprints to keep herself from leaving a trail. Then ran into the mountains without any problems.
SNT: "OBJECTION!" SNT put her finger and her head when she smiled like she just thought of something. "Pumpkin, I highly doubt she had no problems escaping."
Pumpkin: "What do you mean?"
SNT: "Look here... the broken fence. If you notice that there was quite a large amount of damage done to the fence."
Pumpkin: "Yeah... so what?"
SNT: "If that amount of damage was done to the fence, you can say that the culprit must have slammed into the fence pretty hard."
Elise: "Where are you going with this?"
Rookie then noticed where SNT was going with this and continued her thought: "If you turned around the logic, that means it's possible that the culprit was injured when she slammed into the fence."
SNT: "Yes, that is true, that means that the culprit..." SNT pointed at Pumpkin, "couldn't have run like you said!"
Pumpkin panicked as a reaction knowing that her logic was busted. "Oh... it was because they were injured by the fence."
SNT: "Really?" The hybrid gained quite a look on her face.
Elise: "That makes sense I guess."
SNT: Really Princess? Maybe that is why she is a politician... She is paid not to think and is paid to screw.
Elise looked at SNT and was staring right at her. "Hey SNT, do you have a problem with what Pumpkin just said?"
SNT: "I do, If someone was really in a panic to get out, how did they not notice the fence they were jumping over? Plus to get into the garden, they could only jump over the fence judging by these footprints. They clearly knew the fence was there in the first place. They tried to jump over it but it seems for some reason they under jumped the fence."
Elise: "But why would they miss just a simple jump?"
Rookie: "The fence would have injured the culprit if they jumped that low. Why would they miss?"
SNT: "Um... I haven't thought that part through yet."
Elise: "Miss SNT, you must be able to finish your explanation or I will not hesitate to pass judgement on this case."
Rosechu looked at SNT in a deep stare. "SNT..."
Come on... Why would the culprit jump over the fence the first time completely aware of it but only miss later? There has to be an explanation. Maybe I need to step back here and think? SNT had her eyes closed to think through everything she knew so far.
Elise: "If you don't have a true explanation for it, then I am afraid that Rosechu will be found guilty for the crime at hand."
Rookie: "SNT, you need to think!"
SNT was in a panic looking all over the place. "I can't, I don't understand it. There is just no way for the culprit to just miss it like that."
Rookie: "You need to turn your thinking around." Rookie then thought to himself for a second to try and rephrase what the question was. There might have been an easier way for her to think about it. "Don't think 'how the culprit could have hit the fence?'. Think 'Why did the culprit miss the jump?'"
SNT: "Hmm..." The hybrid thought to herself for a few seconds. "Why did the culprit miss the jump?" That question brought SNT back in time to the first encounter she had with Sonichu. When she was fighting him, the electric hedgehog pokemon landed a thunderbolt in mid flight causing her to lose control in mid air and land on the ground. Maybe something similar happened here? SNT then got an idea, "Well it's not like they missed... on purpose I mean."
Everyone looked at the blue being trying to slowly explain her logic. Pumpkin intervened: "What do you mean it's not like they missed?"
"Well?" SNT kept thinking about this deeply. "Perhaps, they accidentally missed because something surprised them?"
Elise: "You think something may have distracted them while they were escaping?"
SNT: "Well... yeah... like if you were suddenly hurt in mid air you would lose control of your jump right? Like if you jumped in the air and hit your head on a bar or ceiling fan, you would not land in the same place you wanted to. Physics laws say that your jump could be cut short depending on how you move your body in the air. It has happened to me."
Pumpkin: "Well I guess it holds water. But can you prove that the culprit hit something in mid air. I bet you can't. Because there is no tree branch anywhere to stop momentum."
SNT thought to herself for a quick second. Wait... what if it was like that time when Sonichu hit me. Maybe something similar happened to the culprit... but what? The hybrid quickly looked through all of the evidence and suddenly realised something. "AAAHH!"
Pumpkin: "See, I told you the evidence didn't exist."
SNT: "OBJECTION!" In that moment, it was like the hybrid became an airbender and pointed toward the red fox with just raging force behind her. Pumpkin was blown back hitting her head on the tree. "This purple fur has burnt marks on it. This leaf was also burned from the tree. There was a tree that was burned at the crime scene. This proves that there was a fire on the tree last night and all but what if that was not the only fire. I have reason to believe that the culprit was also caught up in the sudden outrage. This alone could have prevented the culprit from clearing the fence but it also clears up why we don't see footprints on the way out. The culprit was too injured to walk and ended up crawling or sliding on the ground. This means that they could not leave footprints in the first place!"
Elise: "Oh... that does clear up some problems."
SNT: "Now that leaves us with some new questions. Why didn't Pumpkin chase after the culprit if they were literally crawling on the ground?"
Pumpkin had no words to say and stood there afraid of what to do. She started chewing on her red bang. SNT gave her a very deep look.
"Pumpkin... what are you hiding?" SNT asked, "You don't want to tell us do you?"
"SNT... no... I... I just can't!" Pumpkin explained.
"Well you don't have to answer that because I already know. And I have evidence to prove it. Pumpkin, you have something to do with this!" SNT pointed at the 2 tailed fox.
"What!. What are you talking about? I had nothing to do with this!" Pumpkin put her hand on her chest and took a few deep breaths to try and calm herself down.
Elise: "Please present evidence that Pumpkin had something to do with this crime!"
"TAKE THAT!" SNT presented the burnt tree. "Because we know that there was a fire last night. Someone could have set it. There were only two people in the garden last night and because the culprit was running from the scene the only way for the fire to be set and the Culprit to be hurt, only one person could have done it! IT WAS YOU!" SNT points to Pumpkin.
Pumpkin chewed on her bang once again and gasped in a panic. Then she calmed down as she took a deep breath and started to laugh maniacally. "Hehehe... HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
"What's so funny?" SNT asked.
"Well, can you prove it?" Pumpkin asked. "Prove that I burned the culprit! I bet you can't prove it!"
"I don't need to!" SNT smiled.
"What... what do you mean?" Pumpkin asked.
SNT laughed in response. "My job is basically done. With the fact that I have already proved Rosechu's innocents. I proved that the culprit has a burn mark on them with this fur. And with that if you turn that around, the culprit should have a burn mark. If you look at our suspect... Rosechu has no Burnmark."
Pumpkin: "What...?"
SNT: "The point of this little dance was to figure out if Rosechu really did it. And I was able to prove that."
Elise nodded: "She's right. SNT was able to prove that Rosechu didn't do it after all."
Pumpkin shook her head to think to herself. "But we still don't know who did it. In my opinion, I believe Rosechu did it. Nobody could look at Rosechu's white tail and not think its hers!"
SNT closed her eyes to process what her opponent just said. "Wait..." she looked back at her. "What did you say?"
"I said... Nobody could look at Rosechu's white tail and not think it's hers!"
"Um... Pumpkin... objection!" SNT pointed at the defendant. "Look at Rosechu... and tell me... does Rosechu have a white tail?"
Pumpkin looked at Rosechu's tail and noticed the yellow tail on the tip. Then noticed the contradiction in what she just said. All she could do was sweat. "What... how... it was white!"
"You... you never noticed her tail?" SNT asked.
Pumpkin shrugged. "It's not like it's easy to notice. It is behind you after all and everyone has one."
"But you happened to mention this white tail so you obviously noticed that." SNT mentioned. "I believe you saw this tail."
"I... think I was mistaken..." Pumpkin admitted. "I'm sorry for this mix up."
"Well!" SNT went up to Rosechu, "The fact that she doesn't have a burn mark and doesn't have a white tail exonerates her. Rosechu is innocent."
Elise took a second to think through all of what just happened. The tension in the area went up to wait for her judgement. "You know... after much debate. SNT is correct. The evidence doesn't point to Rosechu anymore. After everything that has been discussed. I don't think Rosechu ever did it. I think it's someone entirely different.
"Wait..." Rookie started to ponder. "Does that mean that... there is possibly a chance that there is another Sonichu creature on this island?"
SNT's eyes widened with the possibility of that going through her mind. "Yeah... it seems that it's possibly the only explanation."
"But... how?" Rookie asked. "Rosechu is the only one who could crossover with SNT's... powers... is there is even one, how did this other one cross over from the dream world to here?"
"Um... Rookie," SNT started to blush a little, "I'm not a person who likes to think that I have any powers at all." At that moment everyone looked at the hybrid when her aura was fully visible except to the source.
"Irony everyone?" Saki tried to keep herself from blushing unlike everyone else who fell to the pressure.
"Well whatever it is. Do you think it could be another Rosechu?" Rookie asked.
"I don't know how that's possible. It's probably a monkey with a weird looking tail." SNT suggested.
"Or it's Barney!" Saki suggested. "Barney, that tickler. We will find him and bring him to justice. That will teach him to stay away from our village!"
"YAA!" Ashlyn agreed. "Let's catch them!"
Pumpkin sighed and took a deep breath. They proceeded to look at Rosechu and walk up to her. She then whispered to her "I think I have to apologise to you!"
"Huh?" the Amy-look alike responded.
"I... guess it's ok now to come clean about what I did last night. I was so afraid of admitting my own mistake last night that I thought I would get in trouble for it. It's true, I was surprised to see someone going through my garden last night that I realised flamed from my own body. And I did burn whoever it was with one of my embers. I'm trying to learn how to control this power but... it's really hard."
Rosechu nodded to the little fox. "Ok... I understand, it's ok... you just wanted to do what was right and you thought who you burned was me. This was all a misunderstanding."
Elise then got behind Rosechu and got her chains off of her. "There... you deserve to be free and we are sorry for accusing you."
"It's fine.. Really don't worry about it." Rosechu responded. That was when her smile sort of went away when she remembered something. "But I would have preferred that you kept the chains on me... just in case."
"Huh?" Elise was confused and was about to press her over that only to be interrupted.
SNT quickly got everyone's attention. "Alright everyone. If we truly want to find out who this mysterious person is, let's follow these footprints. Perhaps if we follow the footprints that the culprit left when coming here, we could find the origin."
"Sounds like fun!" Saki announced. "Then we can stop the tickle monster once in for all. Call us Barney Hunters!"
"What the heck is she talking about?" Elise questioned.
"It's Saki... don't question it..." Pumpkin added.
The colorful cast of characters then decided to follow the path of footprints deeper into the mountain. All of them are unaware of where this lonely road would take them and what to expect next. The only thing standing in their way was the unknown adventure they were about to have.